1981, the hostages were being released by iran, jimmy carter was there, he had been up all night, trying to arrange that. as they came off the platform after the speeches, sam donaldson, shouted to carter, are they out yet? he said, no. the ayatollah specifically made it so it wasn't until reagan got to the lunch that the host amtion cleared iranian air space. the second reagan inaugural was even colder, 7 degrees. the only time i ever wore a hat hotel vision. they had to hold the inauguration inside. >> in the rotunda. >> does anybody remember the richard nixon with the dead birds along the road? he was so determined not to have any pigeon droppings fall on him in the limousine with the top down, he had "roost no more" sprayed along the parade route. $13,000 this cost the taxpayers and there were dozens of dead birds lining the streets [overlapping dialogue] >> a troubled administration. >> i remember when president bush 41 was inaugurated and kept getting out of the limousine. there was a great assignment where you are on the photographer's truck. i had a radio mike and they wo
